Dalibor Dula Reels in $15.8K PPC Score As Series Kicks Off

The online portion of the partypoker Players Championship (PPC) Malta festival is underway and more than a dozen of our players have already earned the right to call themselves PPC champions. Dalibor Dula is one such player, he walked away with the largest prize of the series so far courtesy of taking down the $109 buy-in Opener.

The $109 High edition of the Opener drew in a 949 strong crowd who helped smash the $75,000 guarantee by some $19,900. Those who made it to Day 2, of whom there were 140 partypoker players, all won a slice of that pie. A min-cash weighed in at $219 with each of the nine finalists turning their $109 investment into at least a four-figure score.

Hasse Evans of Denmark was the first finalist to bow out: they collected $1,302. Martin Mulsow ($1,644), Alexander Selensky ($2,068), and Matheus De Abrantes ($2,616) joined Evans on the sidelines, their role relegated to that of a spectator.

The pay jumps continued increasing with each elimination so nobody wanted to bust. Unfortunately, the nature of poker tournaments means all but one person falls by the wayside at some point. Oliver Sprason of the United Kingdom was the next of those people. His fifth place finish came with a $3,379 payday.

Fourth-place and $4,919 went to Valerii Daticuk before Benjamin McMenemey crashed out in third for $7,514, which sent the event into the heads-up stages. Here, Caio Riserio and Dalibor Duda locked horns in a one-on-one battle where there was a $5,000 difference between first and second-place prize money. This meant Riserio walked away with $10,849 when he fell at the final hurdle, leaving Dula to bank an impressive $15,849 for his impressive victory.

PPC Malta #01-H Opener Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dalibor Dula	Czech Republic	$15,849
2	Caio Riserio	Brazil	$10,849
3	Benjamin McMenemey	United Kingdom	$7,514
4	Valerii Datciuk	Ukraine	$4,919
5	Oliver Sprason	United Kingdom	$3,379
6	Matheus De Abrantes	Brazil	$2,616
7	Alexander Selensky	Germany	$2,068
8	Martin Mulsow	Austria	$1,644
9	Hasse Evans	Denmark	$1,302

Van Dam Fights His Way To Glory

The Medium Open cost $22 to enter and 2,429 players paid that sum to be in with a chance of becoming a PPC Malta champion. Only 356 of those starters made it through to Day 2, and Zidane Van Dam outlasted them all to not only become a poker champion but to also reel in a $7,507 score for his $22 investment.

All but three of the nine finalists walked away with four-figure prizes for their efforts. Brazilian duo Marcelo Augusto ($571) and Humberto Pucca ($732) were joined on the rail by Danish grinder Claus Sorensen ($924).

The United Kingdom’s sole representative at the final table, Daniel Rice, saw his tournament end abruptly in sixth place, a finish good for $1,194. Guilherme Augusto ($1,567) and Adam Houdek ($2,304) were the nex to fall before Ukraine’s Vladyslav Holenko ($3,476) crashed by the wayside, leaving Van Dam heads-up against Germany’s Sebastian Kaling, Van Dam knocked his opponent out to claim the $7,507 top prize, resigning Kaling to the $5,096 runner-up score.

PPC Malta #01-M Opener Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Zidane Van Dam	Austria	$7,507
2	Sebastian Kaling	Germany	$5,096
3	Vladyslav Holenko	Ukraine	$3,476
4	Adam Houdek	Czech Republic	$2,304
5	Guilherme Augusto	Brazil	$1,567
6	Daniel Rice	United Kingdom	$1,194
7	Claus Sorensen	Denmark	$924
8	Humberto Pucca	Brazil	$732
9	Marcelo Augusto	Brazil	$571

Other PPC Malta Winners

Check out this list of PPC Malta champions and the fantastic cash prizes they got their hands on. The tournaments have proven to be exceptional value and we cannot wait to crown even more champions as the series progresses.

Head to the partypoker Players Championship tab in the tournament lobby where you can feast your eyes on all the upcoming events and their cut-price satellites.

Event	Entrants	Prize pool	Player	Prize
#05-H $109 6-Max PKO	188	$20,000	Jonas Degen	$4,416*
#05-M $11 6-Max PKO	595	$10,000	Daniel Petersen	$1,271*
#05-L $2.20 6-Max PKO	400	$2,000	Rodrigo Neri	$285*
#06-H $55 6-Max PKO	481	$30,000	Christian Tarazi	$4,465*
#06-M $5.50 6-Max PKO	939	$7,500	Emiliyan Andreev	$946*
#06-L $1.10 6-Max PKO	539	$1,500	Maxim Danilchuk	$205*
#07-H $55 6-Max Turbo Deepstack	308	$15,400	Konstantinos Misailidis	$2,575
#07-L $1.10 6-Max Turbo Deepstack	304	$500	Maksym Nikulov	$84
#08-H $109 7-Max Deepstack	197	$20,000	Guy Perry	$3,515
#08-M $11 7-Max Deepstack	793	$10,000	Ryan Vibert	$1,535
#08-L $2.20 7-Max Deepstack	510	$1,500	Guilherme Peixoto	$239
#09-H $109 7-Max PKO	332	$40,000	Jason Toth	$5,705*
#09-M $11 7-Max PKO	948	$15,000	Lauren Mark	$1,750*
#09-L $2.20 7-Max PKO	775	$2,500	Viktor Frank	$327*
#10-H $55 Mix-Max Turbo PKO	317	$20,000	Connor Charlton	$3,152*
#10-M $5.50 Mix-Max Turbo PKO	631	$5,000	William Borsato	$695*
#10-L $1.10 Mix-Max Turbo PKO	365	$750	Tantelinantenaina Rakoto	$112*
#11-H $109 8-Max PKO	549	$54,900	Victor E Silva	$9,154*
#11-M $11 8-Max PKO	1,606	$20,000	Gabriel De Camargos	$2,331*
#11-L $2.20 8-Max PKO	718	$2,000	Bong Kosol	$318*
#13-H $215 7-Max Turbo PKO	143	$30,000	Demetris Marangos	$6,939*
#13-M $22 7-Max Turbo PKO	734	$20,000	Michael Johnson	$2,463*
#13-L $2.20 7-Max Turbo PKO	493	$2,500	Stefan Stroffek	$370*